PERLS207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Traumatic Brain Injury, Functional Symptom, Brain Damage

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: PERLS207
• Professor: Nancy Spencer- Cavaliere

Document Summary

October 17th physical activity and recreation for individuals with traumatic brain. What is a traumatic brain injury (tbi): brain damage caused by impact to the brain, an external force causes injury not an internal cause (ie. not something that happens within the brain) What are the 2 factors that determine the severity of functional losses: location of injury, severity of injury. What are the 3 ways severity of injury can be characterized: mild, most concussions are mild, moderate, severe, over 160,000. How many canadians sustain tbi"s annually: young people (18-30 years) especially young athletes, tbi"s are the number one (cid:498)killer(cid:499) of young children, motor vehicle accidents approx. Why has there been an increase in sports related concussions in recent years: there hasn"t actually been an increase injuries but rather an increase in reported injuries. This is because people more educated on the signs, symptoms and effects of concussions.